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                                 5456--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 14, 2015
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Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
  and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to authorize the county of Steuben to offer an optional twenty-
  five year retirement plan to deputy sheriffs Kenneth J. Bauch, Brandon
  L. Brown, Matthew A. Nortarfonzo, Kenneth L. O'Dell, Brooke C.  Payne,
  Michael Z.  Ramirez, Matthew L. Sorge and Alan B. Warriner

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
the county of Steuben, a participating employer in the  New  York  state
and local employees retirement system, which previously elected to offer
the  optional  twenty-five  year retirement plan established pursuant to
subdivision e of section 551 of the retirement and social security  law,
to  sheriffs  employed  by  such  county,  is  hereby authorized to make
participation in such plan available to Kenneth  J.  Bauch,  Brandon  L.
Brown,  Matthew  A.  Nortarfonzo,  Kenneth  L.  O'Dell, Brooke C. Payne,
Michael Z. Ramirez, Matthew L. Sorge and Alan B. Warriner, deputy  sher-
iffs  employed by the county of Steuben, who, for reasons not ascribable
to their own negligence failed to make timely application to participate
in such optional twenty-five year retirement plan. The county of Steuben
may so elect by filing with the state comptroller, on or before December
31, 2015, a resolution of the Steuben county legislature  together  with
certification  that  such  deputy  sheriffs  did not bar themselves from
participation in such retirement plan as a result of  their  own  negli-
gence.  Thereafter,  such deputy sheriffs may elect to be covered by the
provisions of subdivision e of section 551 of the retirement and  social
security  law,  and  shall  be  entitled to the full rights and benefits
associated with coverage under such subdivision, by filing a request  to
that effect with the state comptroller on or before June 30, 2016.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10313-06-5
              

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  S   2.  All  past  service  costs  associated  with  implementing  the
provisions of this act shall be borne by the county  of Steuben.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
  FISCAL NOTE.-- Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
  This  bill  will  allow  Steuben  County  to  reopen the provisions of
Section 551e of the Retirement and Social Security Law for its 8  deputy
sheriffs who currently are not covered thereunder.
  If this legislation is enacted during the 2015 legislative session, we
anticipate  that  there  will be an increase of approximately $22,000 in
the annual contributions of Steuben County for the  fiscal  year  ending
March 31, 2016.
  In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
an  immediate  past service cost of approximately $66,700 which would be
borne by Steuben County as a one-time payment, assuming a  payment  date
of February 1, 2016.
  Summary of relevant resources:
  Data:  March  31,  2014  Actuarial Year End File with distributions of
membership and other statistics displayed in  the  2014  Report  of  the
Actuary and 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
  Assumptions and Methods: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 Annual Report
to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, Codes Rules and Regulations
of the State of New York: Audit and Control.
  Market  Assets and GASB Disclosures: March 31, 2014 New York State and
Local Retirement System Financial Statements and Supplementary  Informa-
tion.
  Valuations  of Benefit Liabilities and Actuarial Assets: summarized in
the 2014 Actuarial Valuations report.
  I am a member of the American Academy of Actuaries and meet the Quali-
fication Standards to render the actuarial opinion contained herein.
  This estimate, dated May 21, 2015, and intended for  use  only  during
the  2015  Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2015-115, prepared by
the Actuary for the New  York  State  and  Local  Employees'  Retirement
System.